Liner Notes: The tenor George Everett has performed this short solo aria in collaboration with Reinhold Behringer (Virtual Philharmonic Orchestra) in summer 2000. The singer performed his solo in a studio, without any orchestra but with a barebone piano accompaniment to which he listened through headphones (so as only to record the voice itself). George had created the piano excerpt himself on a PC, and this method allowed him to have full control over the pace of this aria. Reinhold Behringer then embedded this voice recording in an orchestral arrangement, which he created around George's recording and the separate piano excerpt, following the tempo and expressions which the singer had intended. This production method is in contrast to traditional opera recordings where the orchestra conductor is pacing the performance: in our approach the singer has the absolute freedom of expression. The technical difficulty in this approach is to create a musically pleasing orchestral rendition which complements the initial voice recording. This requires careful crafting of each instrumental score part. The orchestral instruments in this recording are synthesizers (Yamaha MU-80, soundfonts) controlled by a PC, trying to emulate a natural orchestral sound, but allowing a full control of orchestral nuances, in counterplay with the voice. For more details visit www.virtualphilharmonicorchestra.com

Liner Notes: The river Vltava (internationally known as "Moldau") has inspired composer Bedřich Smetana to write the symphonic poem which he named after the river - it is part of the 6-part cycle "Ma Vlast - My Fatherland". This recording has been created with computer technology: based on digitisation of the original orchestra score, a set of synthesizers is used to re-create an authentic orchestral sound. The first version of this recording was distributed as MIDI file. It was one of the first orchestral renditions created by Reinhold Behringer in 1995. This particular recording is from 16.November 1999 and contains a different set of sound samples than the original version from 1995.